Functional MRI Studies

Modeling the projection geometry of the retinotopic visual hierarchy. MODVIS Workshop 2, 2024. PDF

The interstitial pathways as the substrate of consciousness: A new synthesis. Entropy 23:1443, 2021. PDF

Cartography as spatial representation: A new assessment of the competing advantages and drawbacks across fields of science. J Percept Imaging 2021:1561-15610. PDF

When light hurts: Comparative morphometry of human brainstem in traumatic photalgia. Nature: Sci Rep 8:1, 2018 (with LT Likova). PDF

The cortical network for Braille writing in the blind. HVEI, 2016 (with LT Likova, L Cacciamani, K Mineff, S Nicholas). PDF

Editorial: Neural signal estimation in the human brain. Front Neurosci 10:185, eCollection 2016 (with C Howarth, LT Likova). PDF

Consequences of traumatic brain injury for human vergence dynamics. Front Neurol 5:282, 2015 (with LT Likova, KN Mineff, AM Elsaid, SC Nicholas). PDF

Deficits in the activation of human oculomotor nuclei in chronic traumatic brain injury. Front Neurol 2015 6:173 (with LT Likova, KN Mineff, SC Nicholas). PDF

Analysis of Neural-BOLD coupling through four models of the neural metabolic demand. Front Neurosci 9:419, 2015.  PDF

Effect of familiarity on Braille writing and reading in the blind: From graphemes to comprehension. J Vision 15:920-920, 2015 (with LT Likova, L Cacciamani, KN Mineff, SC Nicholas). PDF

The neurometabolic underpinnings of fMRI BOLD dynamics. In Advanced Brain Neuroimaging Topics in Health and Disease – Methods and Applications. TD Papageorgiou, GI Christopoulos, SM Smirnakis (Eds). Intech Press, Ch 2: 21-47, 2014 (with LT Likova), 2015 PDF

Brain mapping: The (un)folding of striate cortex. Curr Biol 22: 1051-1053, 2012 (with MM Schira, MGP Rosa). PDF

Estimating neural signal dynamics in the human brain. Frontiers in Systems Neurosci 5:33, 2011 (with LT Likova). PDF

The role of midlevel surface representation in 3D object encoding. In Computer Vision: From Surfaces to 3D Objects. Tyler CW, (Ed) Chapman Hall: New York, p. vii-xxiii, 2011 (with LT Likova). PDF

Modeling magnification and anisotropy in the primate foveal confluence. PLoS Comput Biol 6(1):e1000651, 2010 (with MM Schira, M Breakspear, B Spehar). PDF

An algebra for the analysis of object encoding. NeuroImage 50:1243-50, 2010 (with LT Likova). PDF

Neural signal estimation through time-resolved functional imaging. In Brain Mapping Research Progress, IC Girard, JS Andre (Eds), Nova Scientific Publishers. pp.1-31, 2009 (with LT Likova). PDF

The foveal confluence in human visual cortex. J Neuroscience 29:9050-58, 2009 (a high-resolution fMRI study, with MM Schira, M Breakspear and B Spehar). PDF

Occipital network for figure/ground organization. Exp Brain Research 189:257-67, 2008 (with LT Likova). PDF

Independent components in stimulus-related BOLD signals and estimation of the underlying neural responses. Brain Research 1229:72-89, 2008 (with LL Kontsevich, TC Ferree). PDF

Spectral analysis of fMRI signal and noise. In Novel Trends in Brain Science. Springer: Tokyo: Japan, 63-76, 2008 (with C-C Chen). PDF

The two-dimensional mapping of the central and parafoveal visual field to human visual cortex. J Neurophysiol 97:4284-95, 2007 (with MM Schira, A Wade). PDF

Face configuration processing in the human brain: the role of symmetry. Cereb Cortex 7:1423-32, 2006 (with C-C Chen, C Kao). PDF

Stereomotion processing in the human occipital cortex. NeuroImage 38:293-305, 2007 (with LT Likova). PDF (Supplementary Material – PDF).

Instantaneous stimulus paradigm: Cortical network and dynamics of figure-ground organization. HVEI 6:492, 2007 (with LT Likova). PDF

The specificity of cortical area KO to depth structure. NeuroImage 30:228-38, 2006 (with LT Likova, LL Kontsevich, AR Wade). PDF

Extended concepts of occipital retinotopy. Current Medical Imaging Reviews 1:319-329, 2005 (with LT Likova, LL Kontsevich, C-C Chen, MM Schira, AR Wade). PDF

Symmetry activates extrastriate visual cortex in human and nonhuman primates. Proc Natl Acad Sci 102:3159-63, 2005 (with Y Sasaki, W Vanduffel, T Knutsen, RH Tootell). PDF

Predominantly extra-retinotopic cortical response to pattern symmetry. NeuroImage 24:306-14, 2005 (with HA Baseler, LL Kontsevich, LT Likova, AR Wade, BA Wandell). PDF

Lateral modulation of BOLD activation in unstimulated regions of human visual cortex. NeuroImage 24:802-9, 2004 (with C-C Chen, CL Liu, YH Wang). PDF

Representation of stereoscopic structure in human and monkey cortex. Trends Neurosci 27:116-1118, 2004 PDF

Statistical properties of BOLD magnetic resonance activity in the human brain. NeuroImage 20:1096-109, 2003 (with C-C Chen, HA Baseler). PDF